Our 2023 Event has Concluded
For those who attended, thank you for an incredible event. We are looking forward to returning in May 2024.
American Conference Institute’s 22nd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents will provide practical insights on how to maximize your patent term and develop strategies to enhance global protections for your patent portfolio.
2023 event highlights included:
- Establishing sound and successful protocols to procure and enforce life sciences patents in the U.S. and internationally
- Developing new standards of drafting successful genus claims in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court review of enablement in Amgen v. Sanofi
- Evaluating the “pros and cons” of opting-into the EU’s new Unitary Patent system and the Unified Patent Court for your global pharmaceutical patent portfolio
- Bullet-proofing your patent portfolio against skinny labelling claims and safe harbor exemptions
- Obtaining and enforcing patent rights for novel therapeutics and gene therapies
2023 Government Speakers

Hon. Jacqueline Wright Bonilla
Deputy Chief Judge
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Hon. Rian Kalden
Presiding Judge, Court of Appeal
Unified Patent Court

Daniel Kolker, Ph.D.
Supervisory Patent Examiner
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Nalini Mummalaneni
Legal Advisor
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Mary Till
Senior Legal Advisor
U.S Patent and Trademark Office
2023 Chairs

Anita Varma
Partner, Chair of IP Group
White & Case LLP

Rajiv Shah
Assistant General Counsel, Patents
Johnson & Johnson

David Diamond
Vice President and Head of IP
Capstan Therapeutics
CLE ACCREDITATION
Accreditation will be sought in those jurisdictions requested by the registrants which have continuing education requirements. This course is identified as non-transitional for the purposes of CLE accreditation.
Learn moreHere’s what some of our attendees had to say about this one-of-a-kind event
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This event not to be missed!
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Good mix of in-house, private practice, and government
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Very enjoyable – wonderful speakers that are well qualified – great content